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Chapter 4 Li Li invites foreign aid

"Li Zapo, are you really out of your mind? How do you bring outsiders home at this time?"

"Li Zapo, let me tell you, the old man usually pays most attention to his own image, so don't mess around and smear him!"

"The second brother is right. It is a trivial matter to affect the old man's funeral, but it is a major matter to destroy the good image of our Li family in Yancheng. Is it right for you to do this? You can make the ancestors look good by doing this. Is the old man smiling at Jiuquan?"

"Everyone, please go back, we will handle our family affairs by ourselves."

"We have nothing to do. My dad just passed away. My family is in grief and I don't have the energy to entertain you. Please forgive me."

"Go back, go back!"

The old man's two sons blocked the door to prevent the people brought by Li Li from entering the room.

"Why are you two so excited? Are you afraid that the leaders will come to pay homage to your father?"

Li Li pushed away the two elder brothers and invited them into the house.

"Li Zapo, don't put on an air in front of outsiders, don't you want to divide the family property?"

"Li Zapo, let me tell you, you don't want a penny of the property!"

The old man's two sons did not hold back in the face of so many outsiders, and warned Li Li aggressively.

"Which of you is Li Zhong and who is Li Cheng?"

asked a woman who appeared to be in her 50s.

"My name is Li Zhong, who are you? What do you want? Do you want to incriminate yourself?"

"Li Zapo, it's useless for you to call so many accomplices. We know that you have some contacts in Yancheng, but we are cultural people in big cities, and the wild ways of your small county town can't scare us!"

Brothers Li Zhong and Li Cheng didn't pay attention to that woman at all.

"Hey, people from big cities? Since you look down on people from our small county, what are you doing here so shamelessly? Why don't you go back to your big city?"

A burly man with a beard walked up to Li Zhong and Li Cheng.

"You, what do you want to do?!"

"I warn you, now is a society ruled by law, don't mess around, the police are here, believe it or not, I will call the police immediately!"

Li Zhong took a few steps back, Li Cheng was more arrogant than Li Zhong, and confronted the bearded man.

"Da Mao, let's go and listen to Director Liu's arrangement first."

The young policeman speaks.

"Li Zhong, Li Cheng, I am Liu Juhua from the neighborhood committee of your old house. You set up a mourning hall for Master Li first, and we can sit down and have a good talk later."

The woman in her 50s turned out to be the director of the neighborhood committee.

"Of course we will set up the mourning hall. You don't need to say more. If you didn't come in, the three sticks of incense would have been lit long ago."

"Talk about it? What's there to talk about? Our family doesn't need you to come over and make trouble!"

Li Zhong and Li Cheng responded to Director Liu angrily, but they still went to carry the old man to the living room outside.

According to the old customs of Yancheng, the children of the dead must hold their heads and feet when they move.If there are several sons in the family, the elder son will hold his head, the younger son will hold his feet, and the other sons will stretch their waists.If there is only one son, then the son and grandson hold their heads and feet respectively.If there is only one daughter, then the daughter and son-in-law hold their heads and feet together.

Li Li has already set up the mourning hall with a few "talent feet" she invited, and is waiting for Li Zhong and Li Cheng to carry the old father out.

"Caijiao" is the name of Yancheng for those who specialize in corpse embalming, and this meaning can also be understood literally.Timber feet, timber feet, coffin feet.

"Can't see the light!"

Tang Jin saw that Li Zhong and Li Cheng did not cover the old man's face when they carried the old man to the living room, so he quickly took out a brand new white towel from the shaving box and covered the old man's face.

According to the old customs of Yan City, when someone in the family passes away, he (she) must be allowed to enter the nave first in the living room, and park it for two nights for relatives and friends to pay homage, and choose an auspicious time for the funeral on the third day.

Although most people in the city now hold funerals in funeral parlors, the deceased must be sent to the funeral parlor after entering the nave.

"Boss Li, you should offer incense."

A man handed the three sticks of incense to Li Li.

"Do you know the rules? How can Xiang have a daughter first? Besides, she is an illegitimate daughter!"

Li Cheng came over and pushed Li Li away, and snatched three pillars of fragrance from Cai Jiao.

"Second brother, don't you understand the rules? The first incense should be served by the eldest son!"

Li Zhong snatched the three pillars of incense from Li Cheng's hand, lit it, and bowed three times to the old man's body.

"You three children come here after the incense, let's talk first."

Director Liu Juhua of the Neighborhood Committee sat in a corner of the living room and greeted Li Zhong, Li Cheng and Li Li.

"Talk about it? Are you finished? As I said, we don't need outsiders to participate in our family affairs!"

Li Cheng looked angry.

"My brother is right. We follow Dad's last wish. The funeral will be simplified and no banquets will be held. You'd better go!"

Li Cheng's attitude was slightly better.

"Li Zhong, Li Cheng, let me tell you clearly that we were entrusted by Master Li before his death to assist you in handling his funeral."

"Our police station received a call from Ms. Li Li and came to handle family disputes."

Director Liu of the neighborhood committee and the young policeman spoke successively.

"Who cares about your banquet? If Boss Li hadn't greeted you in the middle of the night, who cares about it?"

"That's right, it's raining so hard and you're rushing here. If you don't have a good word to say, let's forget it. Why are you putting on airs like a big city person?"

"It's the first time we've seen sons like you for so many years!"

"Go home and go to sleep!"

Several talents expressed their dissatisfaction.

"Masters, thank you for your hard work. Let's deal with some internal affairs of the family first, and follow the rules to take care of my dad's funeral."

Li Li took out a few packs of cigarettes from her satchel and distributed them to Cai Jiao.

"Boss Li is right."

"Boss Li, don't worry, we will send Master Li to the ground in a proper manner."

The boys took the cigarettes and went to work separately.

"Hey, little bitch, you have a way of buying people's hearts!"

Li Cheng spit on the ground.

"This gentleman from a big city, please pay attention to language civilization and behavior, and don't insult Ms. Li Li at will!"

A middle-aged man in a suit reminded Li Cheng.

"Who are you? What kind of garlic do you come to our house for? Wearing a ragged suit in this hot weather is not afraid of getting prickly heat. People in small towns are hypocritical!"

Li Cheng breathed out his nose, and didn't take the middle-aged man's words seriously at all.

"Mr. Li Cheng, I am Ms. Li Li's legal advisor, please pay attention to your wording!"

The middle-aged man said neither humble nor overbearing.

"Hey, did you hire a lawyer? Well, you've got something to do!"

Li Cheng gritted his teeth and almost spit out another mouthful of phlegm. He looked at the director Liu of the neighborhood committee, the young policeman and the middle-aged lawyer at the police station, and swallowed it.

"Li Zhong, Li Cheng, do you understand the meaning of your name?"

Director Liu spoke.

"What does our name mean? You don't need to worry about salty carrots, do you? Just be more straightforward, what do you want to do?"

Li Zhong was a little impatient.

"Li Zhong, Li Cheng, Master Li hopes that you will be loyal and honest all your life, with a selfless and generous heart. Sigh, how did you become like this?"

Director Liu shook his head and sighed.

"I hope we are honest and honest? Do we just let others bully us silently?"

"The world is selfless in my heart? Don't you want a share of the family property and give it all to this illegitimate daughter?"

Li Zhong and Li Cheng asked Director Liu angrily.

"Li Zhong, Li Cheng, Mr. Li entrusted me before he was alive. He hoped that I could come and help him take care of his funeral after a hundred years. He said that as long as he was rolled up in a mat and sent to the funeral home for cremation, the ashes would be placed in any big tree. Just bury it next time. I thought he was joking with me at the time, but today I almost..."

"Aren't you advocating simple funerals? I think my father's ideas fully meet your requirements."

"Is the old man quite creative? I also think this is very meaningful. Big brother, we will respect the old man's last wish. When the morning comes, you will directly take the old man to the funeral parlor for cremation. I will go to the nearby mountain to find a big tree where the ashes can be buried. "

Li Zhong and Li Cheng did not wait for Director Liu to finish speaking, and they really decided to do that.

"Li Zhong, Li Cheng, can you say such things?"

The young policeman got angry, slapped the table, and stood up.

"What table are you shooting? Let me tell you, we haven't broken the law, you can't control us!"

"Yes, our family's private affairs are not under your police's control, so please go away."

Li Cheng confronted the young policeman, and Li Zhong made a gesture of seeing off the guests.

"Two big brothers, calm down. I heard everything that Master Li said about the distribution of the family property before he left. Don't worry."

Tang Qing, who was standing aside, interjected.

(End of this chapter)